General Assembly of the Apostolat Militaire International (AMI) September 6 11, 2015

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1 General Assembly of the Apostolat Militaire International (AMI) September 6 11, 2015 AMI We serve Catholic. To live authentically according to the Word of God and to spread the gospel Theme AMI 2015 Gaudium et Spes & the Declaration Nostra Aetate & 50 years of AMI, the need for interreligious dialogue for Catholics Hospedería Martin Pinario ( Plaza de la Inmaculada Santiago de Compostela or Hotel La Salle ( Tras Santa Clara Santiago de Compostela

2 Date Time Activity/Topic Saturday Sunday Afternoon - Arrival Executive Committee meeting Executive Committee All day - Arrival delegates from Santiago Airport, by bus or train hrs - Meeting Executive Committee + Prearrangements for the conference + Setup conference office + Arrival and registration of the delegates + Preparation conference/conference room hrs - Lunch hrs - Welcome address by Auxiliary Bishop Jesús Fernández González or Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio, the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela followed by a welcome address by General Major (ret) Norbert Sinn, President of AMI and General Major (ret) Don Federico de la Puente Sicre, president of the Spanish Organizing Committee hrs - Coffee and tea hrs - Walk to the Cathedral hrs - Opening Pontifical Service by Archbishop Julian Barrio Barrio, the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela hrs - Opening Dinner in Hospedería Martin Pinario

3 Monday hrs - Breakfast hrs - Welcome address by Brigadier General Miquel Alonso Baquer, former president of AMI hrs - Introduction and short presentation of the delegates hrs - Lecture A: Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Fernando García Sánchez about the organization of the Armed Forces in Spain and the necessity of chaplains in the armed forces as well as experiences of Spanish missions and peace keeping operations hrs - Discussion with speaker hrs - Coffee and tea Lecture B: We Serve Catholic by LtCol Christoph Auer, Member of the National Board of the German Catholic Soldiers Association [GKS] hrs - Discussion with speaker hrs - Reports & discussion by President of AMI and Secretary General hrs Lunch hrs - Lecture C: Theme 50 years of Gaudium et Spes and the declaration Nostra Aetate by Prof Dr. Marcel Poorthuis, Full Professor Tilburg School of Catholic Theology. Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History hrs - Discussion with speaker hrs - Coffee and tea hrs - Working group on the theme hrs - Time for reflection, spirituality hrs - Holy Mass in the Cathedral hrs - Dinner in Hospedería Martin Pinario hrs - Spouses Programme

4 Tuesday hrs - Breakfast hrs - Lecture D: History of Camino de Santiago, by Francisco Javier Buide del Real, Faculty Member of the University of Salamanca hrs - Discussion hrs - Coffee and tea hrs - Lecture E: Camino de Santiago, present and future by Exmo Sr. D. Francisco Vazques Vazquez, a Spanish politician and former Spanish Ambassador at the Holy See hrs - Discussion hrs - Coffee and tea hrs - Working groups, English, Spanish, German hrs - Lecture F: History, cultural and social situation in Spain now a day s and how does Catholicism develops in Spain by Admiral Javier Pery Paredes, Head Technical Cabinet of the Minister of Defense hrs - Discussion hrs - Lunch hrs - Jubilee lecture: 50 years of AMI, looking back and goals to achieve in the future by Genmaj (ret) Norbert Sinn, AMI president hrs - Discussion hrs - Presentation of the AMI Jubilee book - Jubilee program hrs - Back in the Hospederia hrs - Holy Mass in the Cathedral hrs - Dinner in Hospedería Martin Pinario Wednesday Spouses Programme in the morning hrs - Breakfast hrs - Departure and cultural program - Holy Mass and lunch at the Naval Academy hrs - Dinner in Hospedería Martin Pinario

5 Thursday hrs - Spiritual nourishment, morning prayers by Padre Annie Walscharts hrs - Breakfast hrs - Lecture H: 50 years of AMI, the need for interreligious dialogue for Catholics by Dr. D. Jose Luis Sánchez Nogales, Professor and Vice-rector of the Faculty of Theology of Granada hrs - Discussion hrs - Coffee/tea break hrs - Presentation of some member states about the current situation in their country hrs - Working groups Lunch hrs - Working groups hrs - Final results of the working groups/press release hrs - Coffee and tea hrs - Miscellaneous topics of interest of AMI + Financial Report Discharge of the treasurer and of the AMI Secretary General + Date, place and topics of the AMI Conference Closing address by the President of AMI hrs - End of session, changing clothes hrs - Closing Pontifical Service celebrating by Archbishop Mgr. Juan del Río Martín, concelebrating is Archbishop Julian Barrio Barrio, the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela hrs - Reception and Official Closing Dinner in Hotel Parador ( - Spouses Programme Friday hrs - Breakfast hrs - Individual departure delegates

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